Mop.



D. T. PUNCH.

MOP.

APPLICATION F|LED MAR. 13. 1915.

1 1 58,846. Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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DAVID 'I. PUNCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

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ASSIGNOR,. BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

CHICAGO M0]? 8: POLISH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID T. PUNCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification, reference belng had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

- so attached together that the handle may be adjusted to and held at practically any angle relatively to the head, whereby the head'of the mop may conveniently, for cleaning purposes, reach under "beds, chairs, and the like,

I or into corners or other out of the way places; and to improve generally upon, and simplify the construction of, mops of the class described.

WVith the above and other objects in view, my present invention resides in certain novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts, all as will hereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which show my invention in preferred form, Flgure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a mop embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the mop with the body-portion thereof omitted, showing the mop-head in transverse section and one ofthe handle-engaging members or plates in longitudinal section; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the member or bar usable in my new mop for detachably fastening the mop-body to the mop-head.

Referring to the said drawings, in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, -A indicates the mop-head, which is made up of or comprises two flat preferably metallic plates 1 ceive a suitable and 2 rigidly fixed flatwise together. Preferably, in fixing said plates together, lower plate 2' is first suitably perforated, as at (see particularly Fig. 2), and then material of upper plate 1 is punched or otherwise driven through such perforations 3 and upset, as at 4, upon the under face of lower plate 2, plates together. Plates 1 and 2, which are preferably triangular in shape in plan view, are oppositely rounded or dished at their marginal edge to flare laterally, as at 5 and 6, respectively, the head being thereby formed or provided with a circumferential mopbody receiving-groove 7 extending preferably continuously therearound. Riveted, as shown, or otherwise rigidly fixed to head A preferably in the center thereof, is an up standing short member or stem 8 provided preferably integrally with a spherical extension or ball 9.

B indicates a suitable preferably wooden pole adapted to form the handle of the mop, pole B being shown broken away, but which may be of any proper length, as may be desired. Adjacent its lower end, pole or handle B is provided with a circumferential groove 10, for purposes hereinafter appearing.

Engaging pole B at its lower end 1s a pair I of oppositely-disposed elongated plates 11-11 approximately semi-cylindrical in cross-section, which plates 11-11 are provided, respectively, with spherically concaved extensions 12-12 adapted to engage with spherical member or ball 9 and forming with ball 9 a ,ball-and-socket joint between head A and handle B, whereby handle B may be readily adjusted and held, in the use of the mop, at practically any angle relatively to head A, so that head A may conveniently reach under beds, chairs, and the like, or into corners and other out of the way places. Extending transversely of and through plates 11-11 intermediate their said extensions 12-12 and the lower end of pole B, as shown especially in Fig. 2, is a threaded bolt or the like 13 adapted to repreferably wing-nut 14 to detachabl their sai' extensions 12-12 in operative engagement with pole B and spherical member or ball 9. Plates 11-11 are also each provided preferably at or adjacent their upmaintain plates 11-11 and per end with an inwardly-projecting lug 15 adapted to fit in andengage with groove 10 to firmly and positively prevent the withdrawal or removal of handle or pole B from between said plates 11--11 when the same are in operative engagement therewith.

C indicates the mop-body, which comprises a tubular casing 16 of fabric or other suitable flexible material, a plurality of strands of yarn or other suitable fabric 17 fixed to and projecting from casing 16, and an elongated metallic bar 18 fitting lengthwise in casing 16, mop-body C, and particularly its casing 16 with bar 18 therein, being also preferably triangular in shape in plan view to correspond with head A. It is, of course, to be understood that, in the manufacture of mop-body C, casing 16 with its strands 17 is extended lengthwise to receive bar 18 and then, with bar 18 therein, bent to assume its operative triangular shape to fit head A, casing 16 with its head-engaging bar 18 being adapted to fit in said groove 7 of head A, asshown'particularly in Fig. 1. At its ends, bar 18 is suitably perforated to removably receive a cotter-pin or other suitable member 19 to detachably fasten the ends of bar 18 together and thereby the mop-body C removably upon head A.

I -am aware that minor changes in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination ofthe several parts of my new mop may be made and substituted for those here:

in shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus describeo my invention, what 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. In a mop, the combination with a handle cylindrical at one end, said handle being provided transversely at its said end with a circumferential groove, ofa pair of oppositelydisposed elongated head-engaging members lengthwise fitting smoothly upon the peripheral face of said handle at its said end, each of said members being approximately semi-cylindrical in cross-section, a bolt transversely engaging only the shanks of said members below the said end of said handle for clampingly securing said members in frictional engagement with said handle, and integral arc-shaped lugs, onsaid members, said lugs fitting in and engaging with the walls of said groove to prevent endwise removal of said handle from between said members.

2. In a mop, the combination with ahead provided with an approximately spherical member, of a handle cylindrical at one end, said handle being provided transversely at its said end with a circumferential groove, a

air of oppositely disposed elongated plates engthwise fitting smoothly upon the peripheral face of said handle at its said end, each of said plates being approximately semi-cylindrical in cross-section, oppositelydisposed spherically-concaved extensions on said plates, said extensions fitting upon said member and forming therewith a ball-andsocket joint between said head and said handle, a bolt transversely engaging only the shanks of said plates intermediatethe said end of said handle and said extensions for clampingly securing said extensions in engagement with said head and said plates in frictional engagement with said handle, and integral arc-shaped lugs on said plates, said lugs fitting in and engaging the walls of said groove for preventing endwise removal of said handle from between said plates.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID T. PUNCH.

Witnesses: I

H. O. JOHNSON, A. R. ALFOTH. 

